The US was 1 country and was beaten by Europe for 2 decades in space. The US is winning now because they hit the jackpot with Elon Musk and SpaceX. Without Spa

The US was 1 country and was beaten by Europe for 2 decades in space. The US is winning now because they hit the jackpot with Elon Musk and SpaceX. Without SpaceX Europe would still be winning against the US in terms of rockets. Now granted, one can argue that Elon Musk and SpaceX wouldn't have been possible in Europe, and that is partly true as well. But US still got lucky that SpaceX happened right when they wanted private supply of ISS.